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yes

Maybe I did?

Silly question, any German folks present?

yes

but not me

i believe Falko was German?

tl;dr there was a government thing in 2011 that said, in as many words, that we can't forbid PMCs to form in Germany.

Thing is: we used to have a ban on PMCs in Germany.

I don't know if this could lead to something in the future, but it's not unthinkable.

PMC is?

Paramilitary Company?

Private Military Contractor

Aka "Mercenaries"

ah

almost the same 😛

Close enough in any case.

No @LunaticHell Mercenaries are illegal.

We couldn't have those.

You from Germany?

Sorry they're "illegal"

Well

In 2011 there was a debate in the Bundestag about that.

Called " Regulierung Privater Militär- und Sicherheitsfirmen"

Regularated Private Militia and Security Firms?

In essence, yes.

Well regulated militia.

Well, militia actually means something different

the more proper translation would be "Regulation of Private Military- and Securityfirms"

Private military as in "PMC", for example Blackwater.

Which is a Militia

A militia is a group of armed citizen that protect their country, is it not?

country/their faction

It's a civilian force to supplement the regular army.

basically, an army comprised of civilians, to protect their turf

"Supplement the regular army", we call those "mercenaries"

Mercenaries are soldiers for hire

Exactly.

but supplement doesn't have to be for hire

Mercenaries, have no loyalty.

As well.

There's not "rules" for who they're hired by.